Four Lane Drive-In
420 U.S. 60,
Clovis,
NM
88101
420 U.S. 60,
Clovis,
NM
88101
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The Four Lane Drive-In was opened on May 11, 1951 with Lew Ayres in “New Mexico” & Ricardo Montalban in “Mark of the Renegade”. It was operated by John Whipple & Myron Finkelstein. It was located to the east of town. It was still listed in 1954, but not in 1955. Listed in the Film Daily Yearbooks of 1956 & 1964. It had been demolished by 1979.
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The drive-in is east of town, 422 US-60, Clovis, NM 88101, about midway between Clovis and the town of Texico.
Today, Gallery Fifteen and another business sits on the property. You can still see the ramps.
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The June 17, 1950 issue of BoxOffice reported, “The Four Lane Drive-In, a 444-car situation, built by John Whipple of Muleshoe, Tex., and Myron Finkelstein of Kansas City, Mo.,” had opened during “the May-June period”.
In a discussion of the drive-ins owned by Lloyd Franklin and W. O. Bearden, the March 21, 1960 issue of BoxOffice wrote, “They bought the Four Lane Drive-In east of town in the fall of 1955 but never did open it.”
Clovis News-Journal, July 4, 1982, in a retrospective: “(W.O. Bearden and Lloyd Franklin) bought the 4-Lane Drive-In Theater between Clovis and Texico about 1958, later selling it to Stuckey’s.”
The former 4-Lane site, later a Stuckey’s, is now “Stickey’s,” a cannabis retailer. Google Maps has its address as 420 US-60 70 84, Clovis, NM 88101.
A 1979 aerial shows the drive-in completely demolished. Only a hint of the ramps remain that are in the still undeveloped southeast corner of the property.
Opened on 11nd May 1950 with “New Mexico”, and “Mark of renegede”.